PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC – USA (15): O157, romaine lettuce, more cases, fatal

E. coli — United States
Case count update
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Since the last update on 16 May 2018, 25 more ill people [have been] added to this outbreak.
As of 30 May 2018, 197 people infected with the outbreak strain of _Escherichia coli_ O157:H7 have been reported from 35 states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from 13 Mar 2018 to 12 May 2018. Ill people range in age from 1 to 88 years, with a median age of 29. Sixty-eight per cent of ill people are female. Of 187 people with information available, 89 (48